Yes, OpenStreetMaps is an excellent resource. But again, at least in the United States, a lot of that information is actually sourced from the USGS which puts a lot of effort into providing accurate geographic information for free. You've been able to get "USGS quad sheets", PDFs, and database files with that information for quite some time.
Maybe that sort of extensive government support has something to do with the better coverage in some Western nations...and in practice, OSM doesn't provide a fundamentally different experience from other mapping/navigation devices/apps.
Maybe that sort of extensive government support has something to do with the better coverage in some Western nations...and in practice, OSM doesn't provide a fundamentally different experience from other mapping/navigation devices/apps.